^^^ what he said!
Actually, with your comment about how CityTV "covers local really well but almost trivializes world/regional events", you've echoed my sentiments exactly.
I'm curious how you've determined that Vancouver is "hollow" when, by comparison, the population of the city of Toronto grew less than 1% between 2001 and 2006 (source = statcan.ca).
Perhaps the reason that house prices in Vancouver have increased more rapidly than Toronto's is due to the...